The City of Sylvia has worked through a slate of problems with its water system this month — the latest being a now-fixed leak that popped up on Tuesday. The city had another major leak earlier this month and has been continuing to work on cleaning the water tower as well. Last week, residents were told not to drink city water. Normally when a water line breaks, people are supposed to boil water before drinking it. But Sylvia’s water supply has high nitrate levels, and boiling can actually increase the concentration of nitrates. On Friday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment lifted the advisory and gave residents the all-clear. But aging infrastructure means something like that could happen again, and problems like these are not unique to the Reno County town.
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